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2. DAVID, b. Gr., June 16, 1791.
3. OLIVE, b. Gr., Aug. 28, 1792.
4. RUFUS, b. Lanc., July 22, 1794. 5- ELIZABETH T., b. W., March IS, 1796.
6. JOEL, b. Tyngstn., May 14, 1798.
7. EPHRAIM, b. Tyngstn., Nov. 23, 1799.
DRURY.
About the year 1640, Hugh Drury1 came to this country, supposably from England. and received from the Mass. Colony a grant of land in the town of Sudbury, upon which he took up his abode. By his wife, Lydia, he had a son John2, who m. Mary and became the father of Thomas3, a leading citizen of the town. A second Thomas4, son of the last. was one of the early settlers of Shrewsbury, where yet another Thomas5 in regular succes- sion was b. July 12, 1720-1. This Thomas5 m. Huldah, dau. of Eleazer Taylor of the same town, and established himself in Templeton, then known as Narragansett No. 6, the birthplace of the first settler bearing the name in W.
I. DRURY, ELEAZER6, s. of the couple just named, was b. prob. in 1755. He seems to have remained in Temp. until mid- life, when he came to W. and m. Elizabeth, dau. of Abner and Jemima (Trowbridge) Miles, Feb. 19, 1800. The next month he purchased of Paul Matthews lot No. 60, with the buildings
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thereon, situated on the easterly side of Graves' Hill, and made there his home. (See A. H. No. 94.) Eleazer Drury d. Oct. 30, 1845, a. 90; his wid., Elizabeth, d. Dec. 3, 1855, a. 80. Their chn. were all sons, as follows :
2. ABNER M.7, b. March 10, 1801; m. wid. Maria (Scholes) Drury; res. W.
3. HENRY G.7, b. Sept. 7, 1803; m. Mary Maynard; res. Oakham .; I chd.
4. THOMAST, b. Nov. 10, 1805; m. Anna Gates; res. W.
5. ELEAZER7, b. Sept. 12, 1808; d. unm. Sept. 4, 1844, a. 36.
6. ARTEMAS H 7, b. Jan. 26, 1811; d. Jan. 12, 1870, unm.
7. JOSEPH B.7, b. June 6, 1813; m. four times; res. W., etc.
[2.] DRURY, ABNER M.7, s. of the above, m. Mrs. Maria (Scholes) Drury, the wid. of his uncle Thomas of Temp., and dau. of one of the servants of a Hessian officer, who was taken prisoner in the battle of Bennington and sent to W. under parole by order of the Provincial Government at Boston. They were pub. Sept. 5, 1829, and were residents of the town through life. He d. May 26, 1883, a. 82. She d. Aug. 7, 1875, a. 75. Chn .:
S. ELIZABETH M.8, b. June 18, 1830; m. Allen F. Davis; res. Phila ; 3 chn .; dec'd.
9. A. EVANDER8, b. Oct. 25, 1831; m. Lydia R. Livingston; res. Harrisville, N. H .: no chn. In war of the Rebellion. (See p. 406.)
10. MARIAS, b. April 13, 1834; m. James O. Whitney; res. Temp .; 2 chn .; dec'd.
[4.] DRURY, THOMAS, bro. of the last, m. Anna, dau. of Jonathan Gates of Gr., and set. on a farm bought of Abraham Reed, located about a mile west of the central village of the town. He d. May 12, 1860, a. 55. His wid. d. April 7, 1875, a. 73. Chn .:
11. CAROLINES, b. April 10, 1839; unm .; d. Oct. 5, 1883, a. 44.
12. LYMAN M.º, b. Feb. 16, 1843; m. Sarah E. Glazier; res. W.
[7.] DRURY, JOSEPH B.7, youngest s. of Eleazer and Eliza- beth, is a painter by trade, a man of moral worth, a devoted member of the Orthodox Cong. Chh., and an active worker in the temperance cause, for which he has suffered reproach and persecution. He res. in W. some yrs., a portion of which time he was associated in business with Joel Merriam, Jr., but his later life has been spent in Gr. He m. (1) Anna, dau. of John Merriam of W., Nov. 12, 1844, by whom he had 3 chn. She d. Aug. 11, 1849, and he m. (2) Rosanna Wilder of Sherburne, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1850, who bore him I chd. and d. Jan. 26, 1853, a. 39. He m. (3) Sarah Wilder, sr. of the last, May 9, 1855. She had I chd. and d. at date unkn. He m. (4) Sarah Grimes of Hub. Aug. 3, 1876. Chn .:
13. JOHN E.8, b. Nov. 4, 1845; d. June 13, 1868, a. 22.
14. LEVI A.8, b. Aug. 9, 1847; m. Fannie Russell; res. Bradford; 3 chn .; living.
15. Unnamed8; date of b. and d. unknown.
16. Unnamed8; date of b. and d. unknown.
17. SARAH C.", b. May 3, 1858; m D. Coggswell; res. Bradford; 2 chn.
[12.] DRURY, LYMAN M.8, s. of Thomas and Anna (Gates) Drury, m. Sept. 11, 1867, Sarah E., dau. of Oliver and Maria
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Glazier of Pn., and res. on the Samuel Gates (originally Asa Taft) place, on the road to Gr. center. Chn .:
18. NELLIE MARIA9, b. July 26, 1868; d. Jan. 1, 1871.
19. CHARLOTTE ANN9, b. March 28, 1870. 20. NELLIE MARIA9, b. Nov. 30, 1872.
21. LILLIAN GERTRUDE9, b. Jan. 20, 1875. 22. EDITH BLANCHE9, b. Dec. 30, 1876.
I. DUNN, JOHN, supposed s. of Lucius (Lucas?) and Sarah, was b., it is thought, in Marlboro', May 7, 1761. Much time has been spent in efforts to trace his lineage, but to no purpose. He m. bef. coming to W. and set. in Bolton, but the name of his w. is unkn. She bore him at least 2 chn. and dec'd before 1788, in which year, Feb. 23d, he was pub. to Molly, dau. of Josiah and Mary (Reed) Puffer. After marriage he located in W., living for a time on a 4th Div. lot in the S. W. part of the town, owned by his f .- in-law. (See A. H. No. 77.) In July, 1798, he bought 10 acres of land with ho. and bn. of Josiah Colburn, the former residence of Amos P. Spalding. His ho. was burned ab. the year 1815. Mr. Dunn d. July 29, 1832, a. 71, and his wid. d. April 9, 1857, a. 96. Chn., the first two the fruit of the first marriage :
2. LOVETT, b. Marlboro'; was res. there in 1807.
3. VINAL S., b. Oct. 18, 1785; m. Dolly Whitney; res. W.
4. LEVINAH. b. Jan. 10, 1789; m. Joseph G. Whitney; res. W .; sev. chn .; d. June 24, 1875.
5. JOHN, b. April 20, 1791; m. Abigail Jackson; res. WV., etc.
6. LUCAS, b. April 6, 1796; m. Hannah -; res. Bolton; 2 chn .; d. Oct. 17, 1833. ASA, b. May 26, 1798; m and went to Kentucky; nothing further.
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8. POLLY, b. May 6, 1800; m. Henry Norcross; res. Lanc .; had chn.
9. LUCY, b. Aug. 8, 1803; m. - Lane; res. Charlestown; I chd .; d. Feb. 20, 1830
[3.] DUNN, VINAL S., s. of John and -, was b. Oct. 18, 1785, and came to W. with his f. in early childhood. He was pub. to Dolly, dau. Abner and Levinah (Glazier) Whitney, Sept. 12, 1806, and when m. set. on the cross road near the Noah May place. (See A. H. No. 29.) He rem. from tn. in mid-life and d. Dec. 3, 1866, a. 81. His wid. d. April 2, 1884, a. 93. Chn .:
IO. LEVINA, b. July 29, 1808; m. Moses W. Parmenter; res. Wayland; 3 chn .; d. Feb. 1, 1856.
II. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 26, 1809; m. - Handscome; res. Fg .; 3 chn .; d. Jan., 1892.
12. JOHN V., b. May 3, 1811; m. Lucy Robbins; res. Weston; 3 chn.
13. ANDREW, b. June 15, 1813; grad. Newton Theo. Inst .; Baptist minister 50 yrs .; m. twice; 2 chn .; now living Royalston.
14. LUCAS C., b. Aug. 22, 1816; d. April, 1817.
I 5. LUCAS C, b. Feb. 15, 1819; d. Sept., 1820.
16. CHARLES G., b. Feb. 5, 1821; no report of him.
17. GEORGE W., b. Dec. 30, 1823; m. Abigail I. Viles; 8 chn .; living in Weston.
IS. SARAH A., b. Oct. 17, 1827; m. George Hoyt; no chn .; d. Nov. 16, 1851.
19. ALDEN, b. July 8, 1830; d. June 16, 1854.
[5.] DUNN, JOHN, half-bro. of the last, m. Abigail, dau. of Oliver and Mary (Pierce) Jackson (pub. June 1, 1815). They set. upon the old Jackson place, recently occupied by Lyman Allen, where they remained till 1838, when he sold to Levi Allen and rem. to Petersham. Late in life they took up their
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abode in Gr. to be near their chn., and there they spent their last days. He d. at great age a few years since, as did his w. also. Chn .:
20. OLIVER J., b. Nov. 26, 1816; d. Sept. 10, 1819.
21. VIOLA, b. Aug. 31, 1818; m. Philander Derby; res. Gr .; 3 chn .; d. Dec. 24, 1891.
22. ABIGAIL, b. July 12, 1820; m. David Ramsdell; res. Gr .; 1 chd .; living.
23. LUCY E., b Feb. 20, 1822; d. Dec. 2, 1824.
24. OLIVER J., b. June 24, 1823; d. Nov. 16, 1824.
₹5. LUCY, b. May 17, 1825; d. Nov., 1842.
26. ELVIRA, b. Dec. 18, 1827; m. Walter Whitney; res. Dedham; 3 chn., one of whom, Frank W., grad. Bost. Univ. 1879 ; living.
27. MARY, b. Feb. 5, 1830; d. Feb., 1843.
28. JOHN A., b. Nov. 2, 1831; m. Sophia Chaffee; res. Gr .; 4 chn .; living.
29. JOSIAH J., b. March 18, 1834; m. Lucy Stone; res. Petersham; 2 chn .; living.
30. ISAAC J., b. Aug. 15, 1836; m. Hattie Nichols; res. Keene, N. H .; 2 chn .; 1.
31. ELLEN A., b. Oct., 1840; m. George R. Chaffee; res Somerville; 2 chn .; living.
32. ALBERT H., b. 1843 ?; d. infancy.
DUNSTER.
This patronym is derived from the old English dun or down, a term signi- fying a sandy bluff or hillock by the sea-shore, and was originally employed to designate a dweller in such a locality. It has been in use as a family name in Lancashire for more than 300 years, being found in the annals of the time of Henry VIII. The first person bearing it in this country, so far as is known, was Henry Dunster1, understood to be the son of Henry, of Bury, a few miles north of Manchester, where he was bap. in 1609. Nothing has been ascertained of the character, ability, or standing of his ancestry, but he was of scholarly tastes and habits, and graduated at Magdalen Col- lege, Cambridge, 1630, receiving at that time the degree of A. B., and that of A. M. four years later. In 1640 he came to Boston and took up his abode on the corner of State and Washington Sts., opposite where the old State House now stands. He had already risen to a considerable degree of celebri- ty for his rare gifts and attainments, and his fame in these respects having preceded his arrival on these shores, he was soon called to the Superin- tendency of Harvard College, then just established and in process of equip- ment for its appointed work. Accepting the position offered him, he was inaugurated as the first President of that institution, Aug. 27 of the year named. His faithful labors at the post of service assigned him, his wise management of the affairs entrusted to his care, and his benign and power- ful personal influence, produced most happy and gratifying results, but coming to entertain certain scruples in regard to the subject of infant baptism and thus differing from the prevailing sentiment of the Mass. Colony, he found a strong and unrelenting opposition to him awakened in the public mind, constraining him to resign his office in 1654. And yet, notwith- standing the virtual accusation of heresy to which he was subjected, he was invited to the pastorate of the church of Christ in Scituate, whither he went, dying there Feb. 27, 1659. He was confessedly one of the finest scholars of his day and time, and was distinguished for his modesty, integ- rity, and piety.
President Dunster had a s., Jonathan2, b. 1653, who, upon arriving at mature age, settled at Menotomy, now Arlington. He was a wise, prudent, and successful manager in worldly and financial affairs, acquiring at length great wealth, which consisted mostly of lands and correlated property. He was the immediate ancestor of that branch of the family which properly claims attention in this work. He m. (1) Abigail Wade, who soon d. without issue, and (2) her sister, Deborah Wade, who became the mother of many chn.
I. DUNSTER, DAVID3, s. of Jonathan2 and Deborah, was b. 1706 or 1707, the exact date having eluded inquiry. He m.
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Mary, dau. of Hubbard and Elizabeth (Dickson) Russell, a woman of marked ability and character, prob. in 1730. Both were members of the Second Chh. in Camb., she having been admitted Sept. 6, 1741, and he, June 13, 1742. Soon after, he sold his large est. at Menotomy, inherited chiefly from his f., and came to Nar. No. 2, locating upon lot No. 10, which he had purchased 5 yrs. bef. of Wm. Willis of Medford, an O. P. of the township. His dwelling, it is supposed, stood on or near the site of the Forbush house in the Central Village, now owned by E. L. Burnham. Two yrs. later he sold to his next neighbor on the west, Daniel Hoar, and appears to have owned and occu- pied for a time the Fairbanks Moor place (now Hobart Ray- mond's), where he is rep. to have had a garrison, built by his predecessor, for a defence against the Indians in the time of "King George's War." In 1749 he disposed of this est. to Jos. Holden, Jr., and bought lot No. 117, on which the westerly part of Wachusettville has been built, long known as the "Dunster farm," and there he passed the few remaining years of his life. He is said to have d. at Rutland, Vt., whither he had gone to look after and care for one of his sons, who was taken sick at that point as he was on his way home from the disastrous Ticonderoga campaign of 1758. The s. recovered, but the f. was stricken down with a fever which proved fatal. His wid. d. April, 1810, a., it is said, 100, the first centenarian in town. Chn .:
2. ELIZABETH4; bap. April 25, 1730-1; m. James Taylor; res. W.
3. MARY4; bap. March 4, 1732-3; m. David Bemis; res. W., etc.
4. HUBBARD4; bap. 1735; m. Ruth Bailey; res. W.
5. THOMAS}; bap. May 8, 1737; m. Lydia Pierce; res. W.
6. MARGERY4; bap. Dec. 23, 1739; m. Joshua Wilder; res. W., etc .; 12 chn.
7. RUHAMAH4, b. 1742; m. Dudley Bailey; res. W., etc .; 5 chn .; d. March 8, 1835.
8. H. CARTARET4, b. ab. 1745; m. Anna Pierce; res. W.
[4] DUNSTER, HUBBARD+, s. of David and Mary, m. Ruth Bailey, sr. of Dudley, before mentioned, who was from Lanc. (Sterling). He set. on the southern part of his f.'s farm, the site of his dwelling being near an old road, still traceable, lead- ing from Wachusettville to the Geo. Smith sawmill. (See A. H. No. 84.) He d. in 1805, a. 70. His w. d. March 19, 1788. Chn .:
9. EPHRAIM5, b. April 18, 1770; d. unm. Nov. 12, 1857.
10. HUBBARD5, b. Oct. 4, 1772; m. Rebecca Kendall; res. Gr .; S chn .; d. Dec. 3, 1818.
11. REBECCA5, b. April 3, 1775; d. unm. 1802.
12. JASON5, b. April 3, 1778; d. unm 1804.
13. NATHAN5, b. May 3, 1780; m. Hannah Darby of Fg .; res. W .; d. Aug. 18, 1850.
14. JONATHAN5, b. Sept. 19, 1784; d. young.
Hubbard Dunster5 (10), of the above family, who m. Rebecca, dau. of Benjamin Kendall, and res. Gr., had a s. Martin6, b. Jan. 3, 1798, who grad. at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati and practiced awhile in Gr., but finally went to Quincy, Ill., where he d. Dec. 2, 1854.
[5.] DUNSTER, THOMAS4, bro. of the last, was a soldier in the F. and I. War. (For interesting incident, see p. 103.) He m.
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Lydia Pierce of Fg. (pub. Feb.), 1768, and res. on the northerly part of his f.'s farm, the house standing near the site of the present residence of Elmer Baker, at Wachusettville. He d. July 18, 1819, a. 82. His wid. d. May 22, 1832, a. 86. Chn :
15. DAVID®, b. March 14, 1770; m. twice; res. W .; 2 chn .; d. July 24, 1840.
16. KEZIAH5, b. April 8, 1772; m. Daniel Munjoy; res. W .; 6 chn .; d. Feb. 25, 1837.
17. ANNAS, b. Aug. 3, 1775; m. Aaron Beard; res. Peru, Vt .; 9 chn .; d. Dec. 17, IS71.
IS. THOMAS5, b. Aug. 13, 1780; m. Rebecca Harrington; res. Windsor, Vt .; 5 chn .; d. March 11, 1874.
19. LYDIA5, b. July 19, 1784; m. John Wood; res. W .; 3 chn .; d. July, 1814 ?.
20. PRISCILLA5, b. March 4, 1787; m. Isaac Estabrook; res. W .; 7 chn .; d. March 7, 1875.
21. HENRY5, b. May 21, 1792; m. Mary Bemis; res. W .; 2 chn .; d. ab. 1822.
[8.] DUNSTER, HENRY CARTARET+, s. of David and Mary, m. Anna Pierce of Leom., 1778, but no chn. are reported. He res. in W., and according to the Mass. Spy of Dec. 9, 1790, per- ished in a fearful snow storm, Nov. 27th of that year.
[15.] DUNSTER, DAVID5, s. of Thomas and Lydia, m. (1) Lucy Munden of Hub., Nov. 24, 1798. She bore him 2 chn. and d. He m. (2) - Parker, Hub., but had no chn. by her. He seems to have lived out of tn. considerably, prob. in Hub., but never lost his settlement here. He returned after a time and d. July 24, 1840, a. 70. His chn. were :
22. LUCY6; birth date unkn .; m. - Root; res. Hub.
23. HANNAH6; birth date unkn .; m. - Parker; res. Hub.
[21.] DUNSTER, HENRY5, youngest bro. of the last, m. Mary (Polly), dau. of Thomas and Lucy (Green) Bemis, Oct. 7, 1815. She was then of Chesterfield, N. H. He went into the U. S. Army, and being sent south d. at Baton Rouge, La., ab. 1822. His wid. m. (2) William Lewis and res. near the old red sch. ho. on the turnpike. Henry and Mary Dunster had :
24. JASON", b. Oct. 14, 1816; m. Sarah Perry; res. W .; 4 chn.
25. SYLVESTER", b. June 16, 1819; res. W .; d. unm. May 11, 1842.
[24.] DUNSTER, JASON6, s. of the last, m. March 27, 1839, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Perry ; had 4 chn., and d. June 19, 1850, a. 33. His wid. m. (2) Elmer Baker, had other chn., and d. Sept. 16, 1861. Jason and Sarah had :
26. SYLVESTER7, b. 1842 ?; d. when 3 days old.
27. JASON A.7, b. July 12, 1844; enlisted in 1863; taken sick and d. same year.
28. SARAH A.7, b. July 12, 1844; m. Thomas Locke; res. Saginaw, Mich .; sev. chn.
29. MARY C.7, b. Aug. 5, 1846; m. Lewis G. Chaffin and George W. Jones; res. Worc .; sev. chn.
DUPEE.
This family is of French origin and belonged, in its ancestral home beyond the sea, to that noble but much persecuted sect of Christian believers known as the Huguenots in the history of the Mediaval ages. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, under which a large degree of religious toleration had been enjoyed, multitudes of these were obliged to flee from their native land to escape violence and death, and find, elsewhere, an
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asylum in which they could worship and serve God according to the dictates of their own conscience. Considerable numbers of them came to New England to share the fortunes of those who were seeking to build up here, upon the principles of civil and religious liberty, a new order of social and religious life. Among them were three brothers, bearing the name of Dupuis, two of whom settled in Boston, the other going to parts unknown. Of the the two Boston residents, one only, Jean, had children, through whom he became the progenitor of most, if not all, the Dupees in this section of the country.
Jean Dupuis1 was a distiller by trade, carrying on an extensive business and acquiring a large property. He was a man of high standing and of considerable culture, having a good library which was catalogued in his will. The books were mostly of a religious character, he being a devout Protes- tant and an Elder in the first French Protestant Church established in Boston. As such he, with other associate elders, received, Jan. 4, 1704, a title-deed of land located opposite the site of the present city hall, on School St., upon which a house of worship was afterwards built. He d. in 1743, leaving five sons, all of whom are supposed to have been b. in France. In his will, dated Jan. 4. 1734, is a clause worthy of quotation if not of imitation, to wit :- " I do earnestly recommend peace and brotherly love to my children, and it is my mind and will, that if my children or any such as shall refuse to sit down quiet by this my will, . (he or they) shall for- feit and lose two-thirds of his or their Legacy or Legacies."
Of the five sons of Jean Dupuis1, the oldest bore his father's name in full. both parts of which he Anglicized, giving the family cognomen the form Dupee, which was adopted by his brothers, and which it has ever since retained. This John Dupee2 was a mathematical instrument maker of much skill and wide reputation. His wife was Naomi -, by whom he had several chn.
I. DUPEE, ISAAC3, the youngest of these, was b. Dec. 27, 1731. Upon coming "of age" he went to So. Reading, now Wakefield, where he spent a few years, rem. thence to W. ab. 1756. He m. prob. in 1761, Susan Legate of Leominster. The birth-dates of his chn. have not been found, but he had 2 in 1765 when he and his family were warned out of town. On the 5th of March that year he purchased lot No. 109 of James Bond, Watertown, on which it would seem that he had already erected buildings, made improvements, and located himself. It is the farm on which his gt. grandson, Charles H. Dupee, now resides, and is one of the few homesteads in town still in possession of the descendants of the first occupant. Mr. Dupee, though be- longing to a family which had in a not very remote generation been made to suffer under the exactions of arbitrary and irre- sponsible power, did not sympathize with the liberty-loving pat- riots of the revolutionary era, but leaned rather to the royal side when the question of independence became the issue between the colonies and the mother country. With him, however, discretion was the better part of valor, and being disposed not to interfere with the measures and activities of the former, he was permitted to cherish his Toryism unmolested. He d. Oct. 25, 1785, a. 53. The date of his wife's d. has not been found. Their chn. were:
2. JOHN4, b. ab. 1761 ; m. Deborah Smith; res. W.
3. JOSHUA+, b. unknown date; m. and had 1 chd .; res. Greenwich, N. Y., and d. there.
4. ISAAC4, b. unknown date; m. Eunice Harrington; res. W .; 3 chn .; d. Sep. 29, 1793.
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5. SUSAN+, b. unknown date; m. and had sev. chn .; res. Onondaga Co., N. V .; and d. there.
6. THOMAS+, prob., b. unknown date; and d. 1796.
[2.] DUPEE, JOHN4, oldest s. of the last. According to the testimony of the family, he, though but a lad at the breaking out of the Revolution, was yet old enough to have opinions of his own upon public affairs, which were not in accord with those of his father, who refused him permission to enter the colonial service, as he desired. Whereupon he left home clandestinely and succeeded in finding a place in the patriot army. By some means, Washington became acquainted with him and was so well pleased with his appearance that he employed him for a time as a personal attendant. He is said to have been in the service several years and to have acquitted himself with com- mendable loyalty and bravery. His father dying soon after the close of the war, John4 succeeded to the estate. He m. Deb- orah, dau. of Joseph and Calla (Allen) Smith (pub. June 4, 1796), and had 8 chn., only 4 of whom lived to mature years. He d. Oct. 26, 1838, a. 77. Deborah, his wid., d. April 1, 1863, a. 85. Chn .:
7. JULIA5, b. June 20, 1797; m. Clark Brown; res. Grafton; 7 chn.
8. LEANDER5, b. Sept. 11, 1800; d. Jan. 1, 1801.
9. JOHN JEFFERSON5, b. Nov. 14, 1801; d. Oct. 30, 1807.
IO. ALMIRA5, b. Feb. 16, 1805; d. June 25, 1807.
II. ALVIRA5, b. July 28, 1807; d. Sept. 17, 1818.
12. J. JEFFERSON5, b. Dec. 4, 1809; m. Abigail Kendall; res. W.
13. CALLA5; m. Amasa Leland; res. Gr .; 2 chn.
14. LEANDER H.6, b. July, 1817; unm .; lived W .; farmer and civil engineer; d. May 14, 1892.
15. FRANKLIN L.5, b. April 20, 1822; d. Oct. 20, 1824.
[4.] DUPEE, ISAAC4, bro. of the last, m. Eunice, dau. Seth and Priscilla (Houghton) Harrington, lived in W. awhile, then went to Stafford, Conn. He d. Sept. 29, 1793, and his widow m. (2) Stephen Hunting, Hub. Chn .:
16. JONAS5, b. Oct. 31, 1789; went to N. Y .; burned to death.
17. POLLY5, b. May 1, 1791; d. Aug. 29, 1800.
18. ISAAC5, b. Dec. 16, 1793; went to N. Y. and thence to far west.
[12.] DUPEE, JOHN JEFFERSON5, s. of John4, m. Abigail, dau. Edward W. and Lucy (Calef) Kendall, March 27, 1839, and res. on the farm of his father. He served some years as Overseer of the Poor. He d. Feb. 4, 1878. Chn .:
19. MARTHA W.6, b. Dec. 31, 1842; d. May 2, 1844.
20. LUCY A.6, b. Dec. 9, 1846; d. Mar. 13, 1855.
21. MARY A.6, b. Nov. 4, 1852; a successful teacher; now living.
22. EMILY A.6, b. April 25, 1856; d. June 3, 1857.
23. CHAS. H.6, b. Nov. 12, 1858; res. W .; unm .; a farmer on the paternal estate.
I. DUSTIN, ALEXANDER, was s. of Eliphalet and Jannett (McCollum) Dustin of New Boston, N. H., in which town he was b. April 17, 1776. He was, moreover,a descendant, in the 4th generation, of Hannah Dustin of Haverhill, whose experi-
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ence and signal exploit in connection with the Indians engaged in the raid, massacre, and abduction of the 15th of March, 1697, are familiar to every reader of early N. E. history. Displaying, while yet but a lad, an aptitudefor learning, Alexander was kept constantly at school until fitted for college, entering Dartmouth when 19 yrs. of age, and grad. in 1799. He read law with Hon. Samuel Bell of Francestown, N. H., and other able jurists, and began practice at Harvard, 1804. He rem. to W. in 1810, and for 16 yrs. was an active and influential citizen of the town. He is said to have been learned and skilful in his profession, affable and pleasing in his intercourse with his neighbors and friends, and a valuable member of society. His Alma Mater conferred upon him later in life the degree of A. M. He m. Sophia, dau. of Rev. Edmund Foster of Littleton, but had no chn. He went hence to Sterling in 1826, and d. there Jan. 24, 1837, a. 60. His wid. d. Harvard, Dec. 2, 1868, a. 82.
EAGER.
William Eager1, supposed to be the immigrant head of the American family bearing that name, was a resident of Malden, ab. the middle of the 17th century. In 1659 he m. Ruth Hall, and rem. to Marlboro' before 1682. He had a s. Zachariah2, who was also a citizen of Marlboro', the f. of a second Zachariah3, an early inhabitant of Shrewsbury. The latter m. Abigail Moor, and by her had several chn.
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